As the number of the visits
of MCs (Mentoring & Consulting) members of the Korea International Trade
Association to the companies, more companies are succeeding in their first
exports or increasing their exports.

Export MC Committee consists
of 72 export specialists who were in charge of overseas marketing for 30 years
at large companies and medium enterprises such as Samsung and LG. They directly
visit the trade sites all over the country and solve the difficulties that
arise throughout the entire export process, including overseas market research,
finding buyers, contract and settlement, etc.

At ‘The Meeting to Share MC
Expert Committee’s achievements of the First Half of 2019’ hosted by the Korea
International Trade Association (Chairman, Kim Young-joo) at the Trade Tower at
Samseong-dong, the participants introduced export supporting status as well as
a variety of success stories.

MC members visited 5,117
companies nationwide in the first half of this year and handled 7,707
consultations. Last year, they supported 813 companies with less than 100,000
dollars export and 168 companies’ exports increased. In particular, of the 444
companies focusing on domestic sales, 69 were transformed into export companies
with the help of MC members and their exports reached 3.9 million dollars.

CEO Yang Yoo-jung who
started automotive parts business in the beginning of this year said “I could not think of exporting our products as I had a fixed idea
that car parts should be exported as a unit of container no matter what. At
that time, I met MC members. During the consultation, we were advised that if
export margin is high despite the smaller export volume, it was worth
exporting. Afterwards, we were also introduced export support project and we
successfully exported about 10 million won in a month.”

Kim Chun-soo, a MC member
who were in charge of overseas sales of textile, fashion and chemicals at
Hyosung for twenty years, said “We immediately visit the
companies that are struggling with any problems such as obstacles in exporting,
difficult contract conditions, collection of money, etc. It feels highly
rewarding when the companies with no export experience take the first step into
overseas markets through the consultations.”

Heo Duck-jin, head of the
e-Biz services group at the Korea International Trade Association, said, “The export MC members has been closely supporting in the field for
over a decade to help the novice exporters to make inroads into overseas
markets.” He added, “We hope
that many companies focusing on domestic demand and novice exporters will learn
the practical knowledge and know-how from the MC members and grow into a
medium-sized export companies.”

You can apply for the Export
MC Advice and the project to transform domestic market-oriented companies into
exporters via ‘Online System for Trade Difficulties (TradeSOS,
tradesos.kita.net)’ and telephone (1566-5114).